Tag Archives: Scottish Politics

Getting the Gang Back Together

Posted on July 2, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Well, here we go again, Indyref 2 chapping on the door of our horizon. To all intents and purposes we have already begun the phony war, with the British media and press and dodgy think tanks all firing off their … Continue reading →

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YES2 GAME ON, IT HAS BEGUN

Posted on July 1, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Indyref 2 has begun. With all the mayhem and media concentration on the blood letting In Westminster over the past week, and The Tories and Labour leadership ripping into each other after the Euro Ref result, in a manner resembling … Continue reading →

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The Nationalist Danger to Scottish Nationhood

Posted on June 30, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Like it or not, some hard facts and hard words need to be spoken before Indyref2 kicks off, and kick off it is now certain to do, sooner rather than later. Right now British politics has never been in such … Continue reading →

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The Lunatics have broken out of the Asylum

Posted on June 27, 2016 by auldacquaintance

I haven’t made any real comments on any forum during the course of the EU debate, instead I have simply watched and listened as events unfolded. However, having spent a good part of the last year touring all around England,It … Continue reading →

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Labour produces visionary manifesto

Posted on April 27, 2016 by auldacquaintance

W e have been kept waiting, with many not holding their breath for an Inspiring and Visionary Labour Manifesto … Today against all odds , Labour finally achieved the sort of thinking that they are capable of. With trumpets and … Continue reading →

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Indyref2 the new Culloden

Posted on April 27, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Looking back into the annals of History, time and time again, we see the perceived victors as being the ones who kept to organisation and unity, while spreading and engendering discord amongst the vanquished. “United we stand, divided we fall” … Continue reading →

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2nd Vote Russian Roulette

Posted on April 12, 2016 by auldacquaintance

On social media there is a constant carping and clamoring going on, about where folks should place their vote on the regional list. There is a constant mantra from SNP supporters for SNP 1&2 …Both votes SNP Meanwhile Greens and … Continue reading →

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Losing the will to live

Posted on March 30, 2016 by auldacquaintance

I belatedly watched the #scotdebates on STV tonight…..and my conclusion and summary of it are as follows: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I was getting so bored I was dozing off. What I did manage to glean out of it was this: Willie Rennie: … Continue reading →

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You WILL do as we tell you

Posted on March 28, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Back in the days of the 1970’s when I was a mere teenager, it was common knowledge which newspapers promoted certain parties. The Express was a Tory paper, the Record was a Labour paper , and these 2 papers carried … Continue reading →

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Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Vexatious Statement

Posted on March 25, 2016 by auldacquaintance

Further to the stooshie caused by the discovery that the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust had granted the lying MP and former Secretary of State for Scotland, Alastair Carmichael £34,000 towards his legal fees, we now discover in the response statement … Continue reading →

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